If there's one thing you can count on in modern surfing, it's this: when big waves break the real turbulence hits, not at the moment of impact, but a few days afterward when the media steps into the fray.
Maui's Ian Walsh scored his first - and last - professional surfing victory at Sunset Beach eight years ago. Today, back at Sunset in a near-perfect performance, he showed he is clearly one of the most talented surfers to ever emerge from Hawaii.
Less than a week after the recent groundbreaking XXL swell smashed into Europe, a second XXL swell is on target for the region.
"What would you do? You've got a brother, are you gonna fuck him over for your own journalistic ambitions? What would you do..?"
Uncharted Waters is a fan's film – straight up. It makes no pretense of being otherwise. When you're a grommet you get your idol's autograph, when you're older, and if you have the means and the talent, you make a documentary about them. And that's what Craig Griffin has done.
Ain't nothing like a succesful out of town mission.
On Sunday, photographer Toby Manson and sidekick Sam Jones set the alarm early, scarfed a bowl of ceral and hit the highway before sunrise. Their window of opportunity was limited.
Ain't nothing like a succesful out of town mission.
On Sunday, photographer Toby Manson and sidekick Sam Jones set the alarm early, scarfed a bowl of ceral and hit the highway before sunrise. Their window of opportunity was limited.
